diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c5dfacd6e..a0a9763a4 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "2.28.0"
+    ".": "2.28.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6df20bec0..ba398feff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-bigtable/#history
 
+## [2.28.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigtable/compare/v2.28.0...v2.28.1) (2025-01-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Allow empty headers for btql routing ([#1072](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigtable/issues/1072)) ([e7ecfeb](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigtable/commit/e7ecfeb8984a45c880d9483305964fff347eb4b8))
+
 ## [2.28.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigtable/compare/v2.27.0...v2.28.0) (2025-01-08)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/bigtable/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/bigtable/gapic_version.py
index 8f0f03c06..c0c0d8b11 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigtable/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigtable/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.28.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.28.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/bigtable_admin/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/bigtable_admin/gapic_version.py
index 8f0f03c06..c0c0d8b11 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigtable_admin/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigtable_admin/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.28.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.28.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/bigtable_admin_v2/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/bigtable_admin_v2/gapic_version.py
index 8f0f03c06..c0c0d8b11 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigtable_admin_v2/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigtable_admin_v2/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.28.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.28.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/bigtable_v2/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/bigtable_v2/gapic_version.py
index 8f0f03c06..c0c0d8b11 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigtable_v2/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigtable_v2/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.28.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.28.1"  # {x-release-please-version}